Celebrating Elmo's Way

Well...we did it! We celebrated Charlie's bday and it was a huge success. I probably did go overboard just a bit, but really, who wouldn't when you look at this face all the time :)

At the zoo

 

So I thought I would share some of the stuff we did.

 

 

First was Pin the Nose on Elmo. This I did find on Pinterest...from Stell and Livi

 

And this is how mine turned out.

I used foam for all of the letters, background, and Elmo's face. It really wasn't too hard to create. I was able to find a printable template for Elmo's face online which I also used as my stencil for the t-shirt I made.

 

Charlie loved the game

ingnore the rusty shed :)

with Elmo's nose

 

I also found a cookie toss game from Smile Like you Mean it

 

And here's how mine turned out

 

 

Again, I made the letters out of the foam - I bought 5 pieces of foam and used them throughout for decorating...super inexpensive. I also bought tan felt and cut out circles. I stuffed them with rice and hot glued them together - I only made 3 cookies. Don't forget the chocolate chips made with black puff paint.

 

I then found a great idea for a guest book. This photo was found on Catch My Party. I was able to find a Sesame Street customizable book on Shutterfly. Everybody LOVED it! Here's how it looked displayed.

 

 

 

Here are the centerpieces and photo booth

There are foot steps leading up to the characters

 

 

Using the same technique to make the envelopes, I also made this banner. It turned out quite cute!

 

 

 

I was trying to find different ways to incorporate the Elmo/Sesame Street Theme. My suggestions would be to use what you have...if you have an Elmo toy, use it as part of the decorations! I also was able to make our food Elmo themed including:

 

Appetizers -

Gold Fish -  Elmo Loves His Goldfish

Spinach Dip - Oscar's Sloppy Spinach Dip

Taco Dip - Rosita's Raging Taco Dip

 

Main Course -

Chicken - Clucky Luciano's Chicken

Pasta - Mr. Noodle's Noodles

Beef Sandwhiches - Gladys' Beef Sandwhiches

Salad - Count's 5 Ingredient Salad

Fruit Salad - Zoe's Rainbow Fruit Salad

 

Dessert -

Cake - C is for Cake

Cookies - Cookie Monster's Cookies

Brownies - Abby Cadabby's Brownies

 

 

 

Thank you to all of our friends and family that were able to celebrate with us! He had such a great time!